Shutter-worker



(No Model.)

n G. BOTTES.

SHUTTBR WORKER. l No. 487,071. Patented NOV'. 29, 14892,

l mm* N y x l /lr f E UNIT-ED STATES CHARLES HOTTES,

PATENT OEEICE- OF DAYTON, OHIO.

sHUTTER-wo-RKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,071, dated November29, 1892.

Application ined August s, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CHARLES HoTTEs, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for OperatingWindow-Shutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for operatingwindow-shutters, whereby the shuttersl may be opened or closed from theinterior of a house or other building without opening the Window and maybe locked when wholly closed or opened or when in any intermediateposition.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction ofsuch devices which shall possess superior advantages with respect tosimplicity and efficiency.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an elevation of a window-frameand shutter with my improvements applied thereto, looking from theoutside. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line as fr, Fig. 1, theshutter in this instance being shown opened. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsection on the line y y, Fig. 2.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 denotes a window-frame,and' 2 a shutter connected therewith by means of hinges 3. These partsmay be of any ordinary or suitable construction.

Secured to the window-frame on the outside thereof and preferably justbelow the lower hinge is abracket consisting of aplate 4, having holesfor the passage of screws or other fastening devices. This plate isformed with two outwardly-projecting arms 5, recessed at their outerends to form bearings for the j ournals of an operatingarm hereinafterdescribed. The outer face Vof the plate 4 is formed with a centralrecess 6.

The numeral 7 designates the operatingarm, formed at its outer end withan upward- Iy-projecting lug 8, adapted to engage in a Serial No.442,041. (No model.)

slot 9 of a bracket 10, secured to the shutter near the lower endthereof. The inner end of the arm is formed with a circularhead orgear-wheel 12, provided with a series of downwardly-depending studs orcogs 13. The arm is also formed with a downwardly-depending hub 14 andjournals 15. These journals are seated in the bearings formed in armsand are retained in place by pins 16, passing through apertures in vthelugs 17, formed by recessing said arms, as before stated.

Passing through the window-frame and journaled in the plate 4.and in aplate 18, secured to the inner side of said frame is a shaft 19,provided at its outer end with a gearwheel 20, which meshes with wheel12.

Formed with the plate 18 is a projectinglug 21, having adownwardly-depending arm 22, with an aperture therein through which theshaft 19 passes. This lug is formed with a vertical aperture in which islocated a vertically-movable gravity-pin 23, the upper end of which isformed with a double bevel and is adapted to engage with the innersurface of a flange 24, formed with a handwheel 25, secured to shaft 19by means of a set-screw 26. Intermediate of the arms 22 and the plate 18is a sleeve 27, embracing and loosely turning on the shaft 19, andprovided with an eccentric 28 and an operatingrod 29. The periphery ofthe flange 24 of the hand-wheel 25 is formed with a series of ribs toenable the same to be firmly grasped.

The arm 7 with its lug 8, gearwheel12, hub 14, and journals 15 arepreferably cast or formed integral or of a single piece of metal for thesake of economy, although they may be made separate and secured to eachother, if desired. It is also desirable to make the other parts of thedevice in single castings wherever practicable.

The operation is as follows: By rotating the hand-wheel 25 the shaft 19is correspondingly rotated and the gear-wheel 20, meshing with thegear-wheel 12 of the arm 7, will cause the said arm to be moved in orout, according to the direction in which said wheel is turned, and bymeans of the lug 8, engaging with the bracket 10, to close or open theshutter. It will be noted that the pin 23, when not elevated by theeccentric 28, will not contact with the fiange 24 of the hand-wheel, sothat IOO said wheel can be freely rotated. When, how-v ever, it isdesired to lock the shutter in any position it may occupy with respectto the frame, the rod 29 is actuated by turning it upward, When theeccentric will engage With the gravity-pin and force its beveled Yupperend tightly against the interior of the flange, thus preventing thehand-wheel and the connections from being rotated and the shutter toconsequently belocked and anymovement thereof prevented until the pin isdisengaged or thrown out of contact With said ange by a reverse movementof the eccentric.

From the above it Will be noted that the shutter can be opened andclosed without raising the Window, which will be found of great benefit,especially in stormy weather.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The combination,with a Window-frame and a shutter hinged thereto and provided With a Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as x my own I have hereunto affixedmysignature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES HOTTES.

Witnesses:

CHARLES J. MoKEE, ALFRED M. SCOTT.

